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Are you a pussy?

Read this and find out.  I wrote it for Salon in 2001.   You pussy! If ever there was a word in need of rehab, it is this feline expletive reserved for wimps. By Margot Magowan “What a pussy!” shouted my friend Joe. He was complaining to me about a business partner who backed out [...]

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Boobquake: good or bad?

This is the first time I really get what it means to “go viral.” I know this is my third blog in a row about breasts, so I’ll try to be brief. Most of you know the story: A muslim cleric, Kazem Sedighi, was quoted in the Chicago Tribune: “Many women who do not dress [...]

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You Pussy!

Here’s a link to an old favorite on the net, an article I wrote for Salon nine years ago, the beginning of the movement to rehabilitate the word “Pussy.” Tell me, have we made any progress? Not much. If ever there was a word in need of rehab, it remains this feline expletive STILL reserved [...]

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